Bailey Lear
{{Short description|American athlete (born 2001)}}
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| name = Bailey Lear
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| image = 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 11 (Bailey Lear cropped).jpg
| caption = Lear at the 2025 World Indoor Championships
| nationality = {{USA}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400 metres
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|3|17|df=yes}}
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| pb = 400m: 51.02 (Eugene, 2021)
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2025 Nanjing|4×400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver|2024 Glasgow|4×400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Relays}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Nassau|4×400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|NACAC U23 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 San Jose|Mixed 4x400 m relay}}
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Bailey Lear (born 17 March 2001) is an American track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/bailey-lear-14659662|title= Bailey Lear|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 March 2024}}
Early life
She attended Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas.{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/2018/02/03/frisco-heritage-track-star-bailey-lear-sets-indoor-state-record-in-400-meters/?outputType=amp|first=Greg|last=Riddle|date=3 February 2018|website=Dallas News|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Frisco Heritage track star Bailey Lear sets indoor state record in 400 meters}} A successful junior athlete, in February 2018, she became the fastest girls indoor 400m runner ever in Texas with a 53.20 effort at the Texas Tech Open.{{cite web|url= https://tx.milesplit.com/articles/232309/bailey-lear-runs-fastest-indoor-400m-ever-by-texan-and-kennedy-blackmon-runs-no-4|website=Milesplit|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Bailey Lear Runs Fastest Indoor 400m Ever By Texan And Kennedy Blackmon Runs No. 4|first=
William|last=Grundy|date=February 4, 2018}} She committed to attend University of Southern California in late 2017.{{cite web|url= https://tx.milesplit.com/articles/227463/bailey-lear-goes-from-jv-to-usc |website=Milesplit|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Bailey Lear Goes From JV To USC|first=William|last=Grundy|date=
Career
She was a gold medalist at the 2023 U23 NACAC Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, in the mixed 4x400m relay alongside Will Sumner, Caleb Cavanaugh, and Kiah Williams.{{cite web|url= https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=665757|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= CAVANAUGH'S DOUBLE, BRAHE-PEDERSEN'S RECORD, 5,000 AND SHOT PUT SWEEPS PART OF 11 U.S. GOLDS TO OPEN NACAC U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS|date=11 July 2023}}
She finished fourth at the 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New Mexico in the 400 metres.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5063/results-usatf-indoor-championships-2024 |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=3 March 2024|title=Results: USATF Indoor Championships 2024 |date=17 February 2024}} She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow as part of the 4x400m relay team.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/news/news/world-indoor-championships-glasgow-24-usa-team|title= Global champions Holloway, Moon and Lyles feature on USA's team for WIC Glasgow 24|date=23 February 2024|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 March 2024}} She was part of the quartet which qualified for the final, where they finished in the silver medal position.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5149/women-s-4x400m-hurdles-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=3 March 2024|title= Women's 4x400m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024|date=3 March 2024}}
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.{{cite web|website=USATF| title= USA TRACK & FIELD ANNOUNCES FULL TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS BAHAMAS 24|url= https://www.usatf.org/news/2024/usa-track-field-announces-full-team-for-world-athl |date=17 April 2024|accessdate=18 April 2024}}
She finished fourth over 400 metres at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/02/2025-usa-indoors-womens-recap-nikki-hiltz-completes-1500-3000-sweep-resurgent-nia-akins-wins-800/|website=Lets Run|accessdate=24 Feb 2025|title= Nikki Hiltz Completes 1500/3000 Sweep, Resurgent Nia Akins Wins 800
|date=23 Feb 2025|first=Noah|last=Jampol}} She was selected for the relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she won the gold medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/report/nanjing-25-women-4x400m-report |website=World Athletics|accessdate=23 March 2025|date=23 March 2025|title= USA's women win 4x400m to claim final title of WIC Nanjing 25}}{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Hall|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/13923755-usatf-announces-56-athletes-for-team-usa-at-2025-world-indoor-championships|website=Flotrack|date=14 March 2025|title= USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships|accessdate=14 March 2025}}
Personal life
Lear was named an assistant coach for sprints and hurdles, and operations coordinator, for University of Georgia in October 2023.{{cite web|url= https://georgiadogs.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/coaches/bailey-lear/3336|website=Georgiadogs|accessdate=3 March 2024|title=Bailey Lear}}
References
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{{Footer World Indoor Champions 4x400m Relay Women}}
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Category:American female sprinters
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